In this blog I will be giving my political opinions on both issues at home and abroad.
I will also focus on the issues that affect the people of Ipswich and in particular those who live in Rushmere Ward.
I will also try and give an insight to how I will be campaigning in Rushmere and Ipswich as we fight against the savage cuts imposed by this Tory Government

Sunday, 6 March 2016

My week ahead, 7 - 13 March 2016

Monday 7 March – 6pm,
Labour Group meeting

Friday 11 March –
7pm, St Helen’s School PTA fundraising quiz

Saturday 12 March –
10am, Labour campaigning in South East Ipswich

This week we may
eventually here what the Tory Government have decided they view is of future devolution
for Ipswich and Suffolk – our Council leader and officers have spent
considerable time and effort (along with neighbouring councils) talking to
Central Government but as with many Tory plans it seems that the final decision
had already been made before discussions started – we have gone from
Suffolk/Norfolk to possibly Suffolk/Norfolk/Cambridgeshire and from no need for
a Mayor to possible a Mayor of East Anglia! So at least this week we may eventually
find out what was their plan was really all about.

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About Me

I am 55 and married with two children, I stood for the Labour Party in the Rushmere Ward in Ipswich at 2006 and 2007 local elections and then won it for Labour on May 1st 2008 with a majority of 13 before retaining the seat in 2012 with a majority of over 500. I retaining the seat again in 2016.
I live in the ward and I was born in Ipswich and both my parents (Annie and Peter Ross) were Labour councillors in Ipswich.
I went to Tower Ramparts School in the town (Yes, it was a school before it became a shopping centre!)
In 1978, I left Ipswich to join the army. I spent 24 years in the Royal Green Jackets, serving in Northern Ireland, Bosnia and Kosova.
Since leaving the army in 2002, I have worked in a local school.
I spent 2009 back with the army, 7 months in Sangin, Afghanistan as Operations Warrant Officer with 2 Rifles.
I am the campaign organisor in Rushmere
Sport is my other great interest and I was one of the founding members of the Ipswich Town Independent Supporters Trust.